Rising Sun And Tumbling Bear

Author: Richard Connaughton
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 1474616801
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464

Book Description
The definitive history of the Russo-Japanese war The Russians were wrong-footed from the start, fighting in Manchuria at the end of a 5,000 mile single track railway; the Japanese were a week or so from their bases. The Russian command structure was hopelessly confused, their generals old and incompetent, the Tsar cautious and uncertain. The Russian naval defeat at Tsushima was as farcical as it was complete. The Japanese had defeated a big European power, and the lessons for the West were there for all to see, had they cared to do so. From this curious war, so unsafely ignored for the most part by the military minds of the day, Richard Connaughton has woven a fascinating narrative to appeal to readers at all levels.

Rising Sun and Tumbling Bear

Author: Richard Michael Connaughton
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9780304361847
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 367

Book Description
The Russians were wrong footed from the start, fighting in Manchuria at the end of a 5000 mile single track railway; the Japanese were a week or so from their bases. The Russian command structure was hopelessly confused, their generals old and incompetent, the Tsar cautious and uncertain. The Russian naval defeat at Tsushima was as farcical as it was complete. The Japanese had defeated a big European power, and the lessons for the West were there for all to see, had they cared to do so. From this curious war, so unsafely ignored for the most part by the military minds of the day, Richard Connaughton has woven a narrative to appeal to readers at all levels.

Rising Sun And Tumbling Bear

Author: Richard Connaughton
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1474616801
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464

The Russo-Japanese War 1904–1905

Author: Geoffrey Jukes
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472810031
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 117

Book Description
The Russo-Japanese war saw the first defeat of a major European imperialist power by an Asian country. When Japanese and Russian expansionist interests collided over Manchuria and Korea, the Tsar assumed Japan would never dare to fight. However, after years of planning, Japan launched a surprise attack on the Russian Port Arthur, on the Liaoyang Peninsula in 1904 and the war that followed saw Japan win major battles against Russia. This book explains the background and outbreak of the war, then follows the course of the fighting at Yalu River, Sha-ho, and finally Mukden, the largest battle anywhere in the world before the First World War.

The War of the Rising Sun and Tumbling Bear

Author: Richard Michael Connaughton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780415009065
Category : Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
Languages : en
Pages : 300

Book Description
Describes the first defeat of a European power by an Asian power since the thirteenth-century invasion of the Mongols ... providing lessons for the West, which were largely ignored by military minds of the day.

Soldiers of the Sun

Author: Meirion Harries
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0679753036
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 605

Book Description
Soldiers of the Sun traces the origins of the Imperial Japanese Army back to its samurai roots in the nineteenth century to tell the story of the rise and fall of this extraordinary military force. Meirion and Susie Harries have written the first full Western account of the Imperial Japanese Army. Drawing on Japanese, English, French, and American sources, the authors penetrate the lingering wartime enmity and propaganda to lay bare the true character of the Imperial Army.

Strategy and Power in Russia 1600-1914

Author: William C. Fuller
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439105774
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 667

Book Description
“A pioneering effort to trace the evolution of military power and military strategy of tsarist Russia during the rule of the Romanov dynasty.” —Richard Pipes, Baird Professor of History, Harvard University

The Tide at Sunrise

Author: Denis Warner
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0714682349
Category : Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
Languages : en
Pages : 678

Book Description
The Russo-Japanese War was fought in the waters of the Yellow Sea and the Straits of Tsushima that divide Japan from Korea, and in the mountains of Manchuria, borrowed without permission from China. It was the first war to be fought with modern weapons. The Japanese had fought the Chinese at sea in 1894 and had gained a foothold in Manchuria by taking control of Port Authur. In 1895, however, Japan was forced to abandon its claims by the Russian fleet's presence in the Straits of Tsushima. Tsar Nicholas had obtained a window to the East for his empire and Japan had been humiliated. Tensions between the two countries would rise inexorably over the next decade. Around the world, no one doubted that little Japan would be no match for the mighty armies of Tsar Nicholas II. Yet Russia was in an advanced state of decay, the government corrupt and its troops inept and demoralized. Japan, meanwhile, was emerging from centuries of feudal isolation and becoming an industrial power, led by zealous nationalist warlords keen to lead the Orient to victory over the oppressive West. From the opening surprise attack on the Russian fleet at Port Authur in 1904, the Japanese out-fought and out-thought the Russians. This is a definitive account of one of the pivotal conflicts of the twentieth century whose impact was felt around the world.

War Made New

Author: Max Boot
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781592402229
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 664

Book Description
An analysis of the pivotal role of technology in modern warfare focuses on four historical periods that shaped the rise and fall of empires, in a narrative account that covers such topics as gunpowder, the Industrial Revolution, and stealth aircraft. First serial, American Heritage.

The Perry Expedition and the "Opening of Japan to the West," 1853–1873

Author: Paul Hendrix Clark
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
ISBN: 1624668909
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 170

Book Description
By the time U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry's squadron of four ships sailed into Tokyo Bay on July 8, 1853, the Japanese Tokugawa government had already fended off similarly unwelcome intrusions by the French, the Russians, the Dutch, and the British. These Western imperialists had the power and the means to force Japan into the kinds of treaties that would effectively spell the end of Japan’s autonomy, maybe even its existence as an independent country. At the same moment, Japan was also grappling with a serious insurrection, the death of an emperor, and the death of a shogun—as well as with a series of natural disasters and associated famines. The Japanese response to this incredible series of catastrophes would permanently alter the balance of geopolitical power around the world. Drawing on the best recent scholarship, this short introductory volume examines the motivations and maneuvers of the major participants in the conflict and sets the "opening" of Japan in the context of broader global history. Selections from twenty-nine primary sources provide firsthand accounts of the event from a variety of perspectives. Several illustrations are also included, along with a note on historiographic interpretation.